Learn how to talk about posessions
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Intro |
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| Becky: Hello, and welcome to AfrikaansPod101.com, where we study Afrikaans in a fun, educational format! I’m Becky, and this is Absolute Beginner, Season 1, Lesson 5, Having Kids in South Africa |
| Chesney: Hallo, I’m Chesney. |
| Becky: In this lesson, you'll learn how to further introduce yourself. |
| Chesney: This conversation takes place at a café in Bloemfontein. |
| Becky: The conversation is between Anet and Mikka. |
| Chesney: The speakers are friends; therefore, they’ll be speaking informal Afrikaans. |
| Becky: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
| Anet: Ek het lus vir ‘n koffie met iets lekkers. |
| Mikka: Het hulle lekker koffie hier? |
| Anet: Ja, die koffie is baie lekker. |
| Mikka: Ok, Ek wil ook koffie hê. |
| Mikka: Het Bert en jy kinders? |
| Anet: Ons het twee kinders. En jy? het jy kinders? |
| Mikka: Ja, ons het ook twee kinders. |
| Anet: Jy het 'n besige lewe. |
| Mikka: Jan het 'n besige lewe. Ek het 'n lekker lewe. |
| Becky: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Anet: Ek het lus vir ‘n koffie met iets lekkers. |
| Mikka: Het hulle lekker koffie hier? |
| Anet: Ja, die koffie is baie lekker. |
| Mikka: Ok, Ek wil ook koffie hê. |
| Mikka: Het Bert en jy kinders? |
| Anet: Ons het twee kinders. En jy? het jy kinders? |
| Mikka: Ja, ons het ook twee kinders. |
| Anet: Jy het 'n besige lewe. |
| Mikka: Jan het 'n besige lewe. Ek het 'n lekker lewe. |
| Becky: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Anet: I feel like having coffee with something tasty. |
| Mikka: Do they have good coffee here? |
| Anet: Yes, the coffee is very good. |
| Mikka: Okay, I’ll also have coffee. |
| Mikka: Do you and Bert have children? |
| Anet: We have two children. And you? Do you have children? |
| Mikka: Yes, we also have two children. |
| Anet: You have a busy life. |
| Mikka: Jan has a busy life. I have a good life. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Chesney: Today most Afrikaner families have two to three children. |
| Becky: Okay, that seems pretty normal. Was it different before? |
| Chesney: In the past, having many children was seen as a sign of wealth. The government even encouraged having bigger families. |
| Becky: Why did couples start having fewer children? |
| Chesney: As I’m sure everyone listening knows, children are expensive! |
| Becky: Yes, they are! |
| Chesney: So because of financial constraints, it’s become a lot less common to have more than three children. |
| Becky: That makes sense. Big families are an expense that a lot of people can’t afford these days. |
| Chesney: I think so. |
| Becky: What about pets? |
| Chesney: Dogs and cats are favored as pets. Dogs are even bred to protect the home and property. |
| Becky: Cool! Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Becky: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we shall see is... |
| Chesney: sin [natural native speed] |
| Becky: sense, sentence |
| Chesney: sin [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: sin [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next is... |
| Chesney: met [natural native speed] |
| Becky: with |
| Chesney: met [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: met [natural native speed] |
| Becky: And next... |
| Chesney: iets [natural native speed] |
| Becky: anything, something |
| Chesney: iets [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: iets [natural native speed] |
| Becky: And next is... |
| Chesney: lekker [natural native speed] |
| Becky: tasty, delicious |
| Chesney: lekker [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: lekker [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next is... |
| Chesney: hulle [natural native speed] |
| Becky: they (unstressed) |
| Chesney: hulle [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: hulle [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next is... |
| Chesney: baie [natural native speed] |
| Becky: very much, very |
| Chesney: baie [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: baie [natural native speed] |
| Becky: And next... |
| Chesney: neem [natural native speed] |
| Becky: to take |
| Chesney: neem [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: neem [natural native speed] |
| Becky: And next... |
| Chesney: besig [natural native speed] |
| Becky: busy, crowded |
| Chesney: besig [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: besig [natural native speed] |
| Becky: And last... |
| Chesney: lewe [natural native speed] |
| Becky: life |
| Chesney: lewe [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: lewe [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Becky: Let's take a closer look at the usage for one of the phrases from this lesson. The phrase is... |
| Chesney: Ek is lus vir. |
| Becky: “I want to eat.” |
| Chesney: This is a very common expression. |
| Becky: When is it used? |
| Chesney: It’s used to show that you feel like eating something. |
| Becky: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Chesney: Ek is lus vir iets lekker. |
| Becky: Meaning “I feel like something tasty.” |
| Becky: Now, onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
| Becky: In this lesson, you’ll learn about the verb “to have.” |
| Chesney: In Afrikaans, this is het. |
| Becky: Does it conjugate at all, depending on the speaker? |
| Chesney: No, it stays the same for different pronouns. |
| Becky: Let’s see it in action with different pronouns. |
| Chesney: Okay, ek het. |
| Becky: This is “I have.” |
| Chesney: jy het |
| Becky: “You have.” |
| Chesney: hy het |
| Becky: “He has.” |
| Chesney: As you can see, it’s always the same. |
| Becky: Right, that makes it easy! Let’s just check one more example. Can you tell me what “you have” is when it’s a plural “you?” |
| Chesney: So, for more than one person? |
| Becky: Right! We heard it for one person earlier. |
| Chesney: For multiple people, we say julle het. |
| Becky: And let’s hear an example sentence. |
| Chesney: Ek het ‘n blou hemp. |
| Becky: “I have a blue shirt.” |
| Chesney: We can combine het with something we learned in a previous lesson. |
| Becky: The past tense? |
| Chesney: The past tense! Remember, for past tense we had ge. |
| Becky: Let’s hear an example. |
| Chesney: Ek het ‘n blou hemp gehad. |
| Becky: “I had a blue shirt.” |
| Chesney: Or Ek het dit self gedoen. |
| Becky: “I did it myself.” |
| Chesney: So het doesn’t conjugate. It’s a verb that stays the same |
| Becky: Thank you! |
Outro |
| Becky: That just about does it for this lesson. See you next time! |
| Chesney: Totsiens. |
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